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Reading Group: Selected Stories by Katherine Mansfield

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:40:00 +0000

Swindon Artswords Reading Group will be meeting at 7.30pm on Tuesday, December 15.

Reading Group: I Served the King of England by Bohmil Hrabal

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:40:00 +0000

Swindon Artswords Reading Group will be meeting at 7.30pm on Tuesday, November 10.

Reading Group: The Red and the Black by Stendhal

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:43:39 +0100

Swindon Artswords Reading Group will be meeting at 7.30pm on Tuesday, October 20.

The Siege of Krishnapur by J G Farrell

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:40:00 +0100

THE next meeting of Swindon Artswords Reading Group will take place at 7.30pm Tuesday 28th July – The Siege of Krishnapur by J G Farrell - a book set in India in the nineteenth century be both serious and funny? Let’s find out!

Falling Man by Don DeLillo

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:40:00 +0100

THE next meeting of Swindon Artswords Reading Group will take place at 7.30pm Tuesday 23rd June – Falling Man by Don DeLillo - A book born out of the smoke, ash, and tragedy of the burning towers of 9/11. An exploration of an altered perception of the world, society, and relationships.

A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers by Xiaolu Guo

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:40:00 +0100

THE next meeting of Swindon Artswords Reading Group will take place at 7.30pm Tuesday 21st April – A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers by Xiaolu Guo - languages mean different understandings, especially between lovers. In fact, different languages can lead to misunderstandings but also clarifications and explorations! The meeting is at Lower Shaw Farm, Old Shaw Lane, West Swindon, SN5 5PJ. The cost is £2 per session.

Pulsar evening features American poet

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:23:02 +0000

The next Pulsar 'live-microphone' performance poetry (and music) evening will be held at The Goddard Arms, Clyffe Pypard village, near Swindon, Wiltshire, on Thursday 12th March, 2009 from 8.00 pm until closing time. Note: the evening will also feature special guest touring American poet, Harold Webster. All are welcome to attend this free of charge event and read their own poems, or poems of choice, to a friendly audience. A P.A. system will be provided by Pulsar. However, you don't have to read poems, why not come along to soak up the ambience. We may even do some filming, for Pulsar web videos, (for willing participants only, not mandatory).

Footsteps by Richard Holmes

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:40:00 +0000

THE next meeting of Swindon Artswords Reading Group will take place at 7.30pm Tuesday 24th March - Footsteps by Richard Holmes - How do we tell another person’s story: through their eyes, or our own? romantic’s view and biographical bits about key English writers.

Live poetry evening planned - all welcome

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 11:50:43 +0000

The next Pulsar 'live-microphone' performance poetry (and music) evening will be held at The Goddard Arms, Clyffe Pypard village, near Swindon, Wiltshire, on Thursday 12th March.

Stars to appear at Swindon Festival of Literature

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 13:00:00 +0000

THE sixteenth Swindon Festival of Literature promises to be the best yet – with more big names added to the line-up.

The Moon and Sixpence by W Somerset Maugham

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 15:40:00 +0000

THE next meeting of Swindon Artswords Reading Group will take place at 7.30pm Tuesday 17th February – The Moon and Sixpence by W Somerset Maugham - do some artists find conventional morality stultifying? Why do some artists prefer the southern hemisphere to the northern one? Maugham has an answer or two.

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:40:00 +0000

THE next meeting of Swindon Artswords Reading Group will take place at 7.30pm Tuesday 13th January. The book to be discussed is The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde - a classic book that creates classic arguments. Is it an instructive moral tale or a decadent story of immorality? You decide!